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Old 09-01-2009, 05:57 AM
 
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1,200-worker plant closing


Tuesday, September 01, 2009 By Marian Accardi
Times Business Writer marian.accardi@htimes.com

Continental Automotivewill shift product lines by end of next year
Continental Automotive Systems said Monday that it will close its automotive parts plant in Huntsville by Dec. 31 next year, laying off more than 1,000 workers.
Monday was the deadline Continental had set to make a final decision on the plant. It warned a month ago that significant cuts in product development and manufacturing costs were necessary to save the operation, and it asked the United Auto Workers to agree to several concessions, which the union rejected.
1,200-worker plant closing - al.com
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Old 09-01-2009, 08:04 AM
 
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Not really surprising. The union rejected the concessions. Would they would have closed the plant anyway? Who knows, but the UAW definitely sealed their own fate.
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Old 09-01-2009, 08:10 AM
 
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Seeing that they are moving many of the jobs to Mexico, I think they would have closed the plant anyway, but probably not as quickly. There might have been more of a step-down.

That plant and their employees have gone through several different owners. We know a husband and wife who have worked there for more than 20 years.
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Old 09-01-2009, 08:58 AM
 
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I thought this was a very interesting quote from the story:

"The Huntsville facility has the highest manufacturing costs of any Continental automotive electronics plant in North America," Blackwell said.

Less than stellar news for the Huntsville electronics industry, which has apparently been flat (or shrinking) in recent years anyway.
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Old 09-01-2009, 09:02 AM
 
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"The Huntsville facility has the highest manufacturing costs of any Continental automotive electronics plant in North America," Blackwell said..
If Huntsville (Alabama) is the highest, I wonder where the cheapest is. How can Huntsville be high? And, how do automotive electronics plants survive in more costly locations?
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Old 09-01-2009, 09:18 AM
 
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If Huntsville (Alabama) is the highest, I wonder where the cheapest is. How can Huntsville be high? And, how do automotive electronics plants survive in more costly locations?
Each new owner after Chrysler got the Chrysler people inherently (UAW's bargaining power). Read the comments on al.com : "$50 pay to put hubcaps". The numbers may be exaggerated but not by far. Another problem is that the plant is making parts for the dying American auto (Detroit). How's Toyota faring these days?
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Old 09-01-2009, 09:27 AM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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How's Toyota faring these days?
Toyota expanding Huntsville plant - Birmingham Business Journal:
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Old 09-01-2009, 09:34 AM
 
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How's Toyota faring these days?
I guess I need a rhetorical question smilie.
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Old 09-01-2009, 11:54 AM
 
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Toyota recalls 95,700 Toyota, Scion cars in U.S | Reuters

Toyota recall
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Old 09-01-2009, 12:33 PM
 
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Clunkers boosts Ford sales; Chrysler sales fall - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090901/ap_on_bi_ge/us_auto_sales - broken link)
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